wild swinging

[GrizzleBoy]

More foot and upper body movement is what it seems you need. If youre opposition is throwing wild punches then thell have a harder time recovering from them to get back to their normal stance/guard. Since theyre wild swings you should be able to anticipate them. Use the anticipation to step to the side at the right time and move in once theyve stopped their swinging and **** away. Hopefully theyll think twice before doing it again.

[2swell k-wells]

ridiculous? as opposed to.... having one man on his back in the missionary position with his legs wrapped tightly around another man on top of him tryin to **** him out while thrusting back and forth and rolling around on the mat... yea i could see how wild swingin in an AM fight could look ridiculous....

this is a jelous comment of a jelous man lol. Yah it may look ****** to you because you dont understand the sport. I've heard alot about boxings sweet science and if swinging wild at your opponent is it, then ya its rediculous.
Why bring up mma anyways?????

[SpeedKillz]

this is a jelous comment of a jelous man lol. Yah it may look ****** to you because you dont understand the sport. I've heard alot about boxings sweet science and if swinging wild at your opponent is it, then ya its rediculous.
Why bring up mma anyways?????

cuz ur a mma dude and ur always talkin **** about boxing, so id thought id share my thoughts on mma? why? did i make u upset? i dont understand the sport?? fair enough. i wont talk **** on mma since i dont get it, and u dont talk **** on boxing since u dont get it, deal?

[Salty]

For taller guys i like to slip the jab, or use Ali's "pendulum step", where you bounce in and out of range, when he fires a jab jump back slightly so the jab misses then jump back in to deliver a nice hard jab before his has had time tto protect himself. Then your in and make sure your in follow him round don't let him get the outside again, eventually he will get tired from the constant barage of uppercuts and hooks to the ribs etc. works perfectly for me.

[One more]

You said that when you get in he backs up and swing wildly... well that seems like panic to me. Either that or he's uncomfortable on the inside. Sounds like you wanna get in and dig... Its logical to me that you stay in close and keep at him as much as possible whlie maintaining your cool. You might take a few, but I bet he gets rattled.

[Boxing Coach OG]

Im wit PIP BOY on this one: give your opponent those ANGLES. Not only stand at an angle but ATTACK at an angle, thereby leading with your SHOULDER and FOREARM. Not fighting at an angle against a taller man is where LEONARD messed up with HEARNS. He squared up too much and Hearns peppered and messed his eyes up with those hard jabs which leads me to the next part of the fight plan:

PRESSURE your opponent when he's taller. Why? Just basic sweet science because you dont wanna allow him time to GET SET. He needs that room to punch and set you up (unless he's a BOB FOSTER). Big no, no. Don't give him time to think! Again reference the LEONARD/HEARNS fight (when he started pressuring HEARNS in those later rounds with a hard pace, he started getting inside to HIT MAN. However, he waited too long in my opinion and by that time he was almost a beaten man himself).

Keep moving at ANGLES. Off to the left. Off to the right. Come in off the move with the quickness, firing shots. A tall guy is like a FIGHTER PLANE--he needs time to LOCK in on you and when he does, he can hurt you. So don't allow him that. So stay out of range, at an angle UNLESS you're going inside in which case you come in FAST at that angle, punching.

Point #3: Make him come to you sometimes. Why? Throws off his rhythm. That's the other thing. You have to learn to MIX up your rhythm. A lot of tall guys EXPECT to be pressured and they develop a mindset from that. However, if you draw him to you (still at angle, mind you), then attack fast before he expects it or can recover, you can beat him all nite. Again, changing your rhythm PREVENTS him from getting set.

Point#4: CLINCH. Goes toward upsetting the rhythm. When you get inside with your punches, do your thang with combos. Then, either get out quick or simply clinch before he recovers. Repeat. But sometime just get inside and clinch. Other times punch and clinch. Another time fake like you're coming in. In other words, dont be PREDICTABLE.

So much of boxing is RHYTHM, like DANCING TO MUSIC. Don't ever allow another fighter to TIME your MOVEMENTS. Be smooth, but mix it up. PUNCH FROM ANGLES (not just against tall guys).

"May you continue to work, learn and be successful with your boxing."